diff --git a/clients/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/clients/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 798b8a9b..c30c953f 100644
--- a/clients/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/clients/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@
                 <!-- TV launcher entry. -->
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
+            <!-- punktfunk:// deep links (design/client-deep-links.md §2): an external tool, an OS
+                 shortcut or a wiki page opens a stream on a host this device already trusts. The
+                 URL carries only REFERENCES to things that exist here (a host record, a settings
+                 profile, a library id) — never resolution/bitrate/codec values, and never a
+                 pairing route; MainActivity's router enforces the rest. BROWSABLE is what lets a
+                 browser hand it over (behind its own "Open Punktfunk?" prompt).
+                 NOTE: launchMode deliberately stays `standard` and the configChanges set above is
+                 untouched — its `keyboard` entry is what keeps an SC2 claim from killing a running
+                 stream, and neither has anything to gain from this filter. -->
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+                <data android:scheme="punktfunk" />
+            </intent-filter>
         </activity>
     </application>
 </manifest>
diff --git a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/App.kt b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/App.kt
index 8e87cec4..f3587604 100644
--- a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/App.kt
+++ b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/App.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.Scaffold
 import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.CompositionLocalProvider
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
@@ -41,12 +42,18 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalDensity
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Density
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import android.widget.Toast
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.link.DeepLinkResult
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.link.DeepLinks
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.link.HostResolution
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.security.KnownHostStore
 import io.unom.punktfunk.models.ActiveSession
 import io.unom.punktfunk.models.Tab
 
 @Composable
 fun App(forceGamepadUi: Boolean = false) {
     val context = LocalContext.current
+    val activity = context as? MainActivity
     val settingsStore = remember { SettingsStore(context) }
     var settings by remember { mutableStateOf(settingsStore.load()) }
     // The active session (null = not streaming). It carries the settings the connect resolved,
@@ -60,6 +67,27 @@ fun App(forceGamepadUi: Boolean = false) {
     val controllerConnected by rememberControllerConnected()
     val gamepadUi = gamepadUiActive(settings.gamepadUiEnabled, controllerConnected, tv, forceGamepadUi)
 
+    // A `punktfunk://` URL that arrived while a session is live is REFUSED, never honoured: a URL
+    // may not preempt a stream (design/client-deep-links.md §3.2). Pointing at the host already
+    // being streamed is the one exception, and its right answer is to do nothing — the intent has
+    // already brought the app forward, which is exactly what "focus it" means here.
+    val pendingLink = activity?.pendingDeepLink
+    LaunchedEffect(pendingLink, session) {
+        val url = pendingLink ?: return@LaunchedEffect
+        val live = session ?: return@LaunchedEffect // not streaming: ConnectScreen routes it
+        activity.pendingDeepLink = null
+        val parsed = DeepLinks.parse(url) as? DeepLinkResult.Parsed ?: return@LaunchedEffect
+        val target = DeepLinks.resolveHost(parsed.link, KnownHostStore(context).all())
+        val sameHost = target is HostResolution.Known && target.host.id == live.hostId
+        if (!sameHost) {
+            Toast.makeText(
+                context,
+                "Already streaming — end this session first.",
+                Toast.LENGTH_LONG,
+            ).show()
+        }
+    }
+
     AnimatedContent(
         targetState = session,
         transitionSpec = {
@@ -75,6 +103,8 @@ fun App(forceGamepadUi: Boolean = false) {
                 settings = settings,
                 onSettingsChange = { settings = it; settingsStore.save(it) },
                 onConnected = { session = it },
+                deepLink = pendingLink,
+                onDeepLinkHandled = { activity?.pendingDeepLink = null },
             )
         } else {
             // Adaptive nav: a bottom bar on phones; on tablets / large windows a side NavigationRail
@@ -105,7 +135,12 @@ fun App(forceGamepadUi: Boolean = false) {
                     label = "TabTransition"
                 ) { targetTab ->
                     when (targetTab) {
-                        Tab.Connect -> ConnectScreen(settings = settings, onConnected = { session = it })
+                        Tab.Connect -> ConnectScreen(
+                            settings = settings,
+                            onConnected = { session = it },
+                            deepLink = pendingLink,
+                            onDeepLinkHandled = { activity?.pendingDeepLink = null },
+                        )
                         Tab.Settings -> SettingsScreen(
                             initial = settings,
                             onChange = { settings = it; settingsStore.save(it) },
@@ -170,6 +205,8 @@ fun GamepadShell(
     settings: Settings,
     onSettingsChange: (Settings) -> Unit,
     onConnected: (ActiveSession) -> Unit,
+    deepLink: String? = null,
+    onDeepLinkHandled: () -> Unit = {},
 ) {
     val context = LocalContext.current
     var screen by remember { mutableStateOf(GamepadScreen.Home) }
@@ -196,6 +233,8 @@ fun GamepadShell(
             GamepadScreen.Home -> ConnectScreen(
                 settings = settings,
                 onConnected = onConnected,
+                deepLink = deepLink,
+                onDeepLinkHandled = onDeepLinkHandled,
                 gamepadUi = true,
                 onOpenSettings = { screen = GamepadScreen.Settings },
                 onOpenLibrary = { host -> libraryHost = host; screen = GamepadScreen.Library },
diff --git a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/ConnectScreen.kt b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/ConnectScreen.kt
index a0bb96a7..aac7f42c 100644
--- a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/ConnectScreen.kt
+++ b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/ConnectScreen.kt
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.Gamepad
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.NativeBridge
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.discovery.DiscoveredHost
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.discovery.HostDiscovery
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.link.DeepLinkResult
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.link.DeepLinks
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.link.HostResolution
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.link.LinkError
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.link.LinkRoute
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.security.ClientIdentity
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.security.IdentityStore
 import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.security.KnownHost
@@ -111,6 +116,11 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
     onOpenSettings: () -> Unit = {},
     onOpenLibrary: (KnownHost) -> Unit = {},
     navGate: Boolean = true, // false while the console home is cross-fading out
+    // A `punktfunk://` URL to route (design/client-deep-links.md §3). This screen owns it because
+    // it owns the connect path — trust decisions, the local-network grant, wake-and-retry — and a
+    // link must go through all of them, not around them.
+    deepLink: String? = null,
+    onDeepLinkHandled: () -> Unit = {},
 ) {
     val scope = rememberCoroutineScope()
     val context = LocalContext.current
@@ -281,9 +291,10 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
         pinHex: String,
         timeoutMs: Int,
         profile: StreamProfile?,
+        launch: String?,
     ): Long = connectToHost(
         context, settings.effectiveFor(profile), id, targetHost, targetPort, pinHex,
-        launch = null, timeoutMs = timeoutMs,
+        launch = launch, timeoutMs = timeoutMs,
     )
 
     // What the stream screen is handed: the settings this connect actually used, plus the HOST's
@@ -294,6 +305,7 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
         settings.effectiveFor(profile),
         clipboardSync = record?.clipboardSync ?: true,
         profileName = profile?.name,
+        hostId = record?.id,
     )
 
     // The actual dial (identity already ready). On a TOFU connect (pinHex null), pin the fingerprint
@@ -307,6 +319,7 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
         name: String,
         pinHex: String?,
         profile: StreamProfile?,
+        launch: String? = null,
         onFailure: (() -> Unit)? = null,
     ) {
         val id = identity ?: run {
@@ -319,7 +332,8 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
         status = null
         discovery.stop() // free the Wi-Fi radio before the stream session
         scope.launch {
-            val handle = connectNative(id, targetHost, targetPort, pinHex ?: "", CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS, profile)
+            val handle =
+                connectNative(id, targetHost, targetPort, pinHex ?: "", CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS, profile, launch)
             // Cancelled mid-dial: the UI's already been returned (and discovery restarted) by
             // cancelConnect — drop the just-opened session silently rather than navigating into it.
             if (thisAttempt.cancelled.get()) {
@@ -373,7 +387,14 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
     // only a FAILED dial falls into the wake-and-WAIT-for-mDNS flow (WakeController's "Waking…"
     // overlay), which redials once the host reappears. Otherwise (auto-wake off, no MAC, or already
     // seen live) dial straight through.
-    fun doConnect(targetHost: String, targetPort: Int, name: String, pinHex: String?, oneOffProfile: String?) {
+    fun doConnect(
+        targetHost: String,
+        targetPort: Int,
+        name: String,
+        pinHex: String?,
+        oneOffProfile: String?,
+        launch: String? = null,
+    ) {
         if (identity == null) {
             status = "Identity not ready yet — try again in a moment"
             return
@@ -392,7 +413,7 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
         if (settings.autoWakeEnabled && macs.isNotEmpty() && liveAdvert() == null) {
             // Fire-and-forget first packet (harmless if it's awake), then dial-first.
             scope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) { NativeBridge.nativeWakeOnLan(macs.joinToString(","), targetHost) }
-            doConnectDirect(targetHost, targetPort, name, pinHex, profile, onFailure = {
+            doConnectDirect(targetHost, targetPort, name, pinHex, profile, launch, onFailure = {
                 waker.start(
                     hostName = name,
                     connectsAfter = true,
@@ -408,12 +429,15 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
                             knownHostStore.save(kh.copy(address = live.host, port = live.port))
                             savedHosts = knownHostStore.all()
                         }
-                        doConnectDirect(live?.host ?: targetHost, live?.port ?: targetPort, name, pinHex, profile)
+                        doConnectDirect(
+                            live?.host ?: targetHost, live?.port ?: targetPort, name, pinHex,
+                            profile, launch,
+                        )
                     },
                 )
             })
         } else {
-            doConnectDirect(targetHost, targetPort, name, pinHex, profile)
+            doConnectDirect(targetHost, targetPort, name, pinHex, profile, launch)
         }
     }
 
@@ -440,7 +464,10 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
             val pinHex = target.advertisedFp ?: ""
             // A host being trusted for the first time can't have a binding yet, so this is always
             // the plain defaults — a profile only ever enters via a later, deliberate choice.
-            val handle = connectNative(id, target.host, target.port, pinHex, REQUEST_ACCESS_TIMEOUT_MS, null)
+            val handle = connectNative(
+                id, target.host, target.port, pinHex, REQUEST_ACCESS_TIMEOUT_MS,
+                profile = null, launch = target.launch,
+            )
             // Cancelled while we were parked: tear the (possibly just-approved) session down and
             // don't touch UI a fresh action may now own.
             if (req.cancelled.get()) {
@@ -485,6 +512,8 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
         // `""` = force the global defaults, which is a real choice on a bound host and must
         // therefore survive as a value rather than collapsing into "unset". NEVER rebinds.
         oneOffProfile: String? = null,
+        // A library id the host should boot straight into (`launch=` on a link).
+        launch: String? = null,
     ) {
         // Every dial/pair path funnels through here — with local network access denied the connect
         // can only EPERM its way to a 10 s timeout, so ask instead of pretending to try.
@@ -500,18 +529,24 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
         when {
             // Known host whose advertised fp still matches the pin → silent pinned reconnect.
             known != null && (adv == null || adv == known.fpHex) ->
-                doConnect(targetHost, targetPort, known.name, known.fpHex, oneOffProfile)
+                doConnect(targetHost, targetPort, known.name, known.fpHex, oneOffProfile, launch)
             // Known host whose fp changed → force re-pairing (no silent re-trust shortcut).
-            known != null -> pendingTrust =
-                PendingTrust(targetHost, targetPort, known.name, adv, PendingTrust.Kind.FP_CHANGED)
+            known != null -> pendingTrust = PendingTrust(
+                targetHost, targetPort, known.name, adv, PendingTrust.Kind.FP_CHANGED,
+                oneOffProfile, launch,
+            )
             // Host explicitly advertised pair=optional → trust-on-first-use is permitted (offer it,
             // clearly labeled, alongside PIN pairing). Smart-cast: this branch ⇒ dh != null.
-            dh?.pairingRequired == false -> pendingTrust =
-                PendingTrust(targetHost, targetPort, name, dh.fingerprint, PendingTrust.Kind.TRUST_NEW)
+            dh?.pairingRequired == false -> pendingTrust = PendingTrust(
+                targetHost, targetPort, name, dh.fingerprint, PendingTrust.Kind.TRUST_NEW,
+                oneOffProfile, launch,
+            )
             // pair=required, or a manual/unknown-policy host → offer the two ways in: a no-PIN
             // "request access" (approve in the console) or the SPAKE2 PIN ceremony.
-            else -> pendingTrust =
-                PendingTrust(targetHost, targetPort, name, adv, PendingTrust.Kind.REQUEST_ACCESS)
+            else -> pendingTrust = PendingTrust(
+                targetHost, targetPort, name, adv, PendingTrust.Kind.REQUEST_ACCESS,
+                oneOffProfile, launch,
+            )
         }
     }
 
@@ -565,6 +600,89 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
         listOf(HostCardEntry(kh, null)) + profileStore.pinsFor(kh).map { HostCardEntry(kh, it) }
     }
 
+    // ---- punktfunk:// routing (design/client-deep-links.md §3) --------------------------------
+    //
+    // The invariant: a URL may only ever do what a click on an existing card could do, MINUS trust
+    // decisions. So it never pairs, never trusts on its own, and carries references rather than
+    // values. Everything below is either "do exactly what the card does" or "refuse and say why" —
+    // a shortcut that can't honour its reference must say so, because streaming with the wrong
+    // settings is worse than an explanatory notice.
+    LaunchedEffect(deepLink, identity, savedHosts) {
+        val url = deepLink ?: return@LaunchedEffect
+        // Wait for the identity rather than refusing: it arrives a beat after first composition and
+        // the effect re-runs when it does.
+        if (identity == null) return@LaunchedEffect
+        onDeepLinkHandled()
+        val parsed = DeepLinks.parse(url)
+        if (parsed is DeepLinkResult.Refused) {
+            // A link for someone else's scheme is not our business to complain about.
+            if (parsed.error != LinkError.NOT_OUR_SCHEME) status = parsed.message()
+            return@LaunchedEffect
+        }
+        val link = (parsed as DeepLinkResult.Parsed).link
+        if (link.route != LinkRoute.CONNECT) {
+            // `wake` and `browse` are reserved in the grammar and parse today; a front-end that
+            // hasn't implemented them refuses with a notice rather than silently connecting.
+            status = "Punktfunk on Android can't do “${link.route.word}” links yet."
+            return@LaunchedEffect
+        }
+        // A profile reference that can't be honoured refuses: a "Work" shortcut streaming with the
+        // wrong settings is worse than an error naming what failed.
+        val profileRef = link.profile
+        if (profileRef != null) {
+            val (_, resolution) = profileStore.resolve(profileRef)
+            if (resolution != ProfileResolution.FOUND) {
+                status = if (resolution == ProfileResolution.AMBIGUOUS) {
+                    "More than one profile is called “$profileRef” — rename one and try again."
+                } else {
+                    "That link asks for a profile called “$profileRef”, which isn't on this device."
+                }
+                return@LaunchedEffect
+            }
+        }
+        when (val resolved = DeepLinks.resolveHost(link, savedHosts)) {
+            // Known AND pinned is the one-click contract: do exactly what tapping its card does.
+            is HostResolution.Known -> {
+                // A pin that contradicts the stored one is the link being stale or lying. Hard
+                // refusal: this is the one case where doing what the card does would be wrong.
+                if (link.pinConflict(resolved.host)) {
+                    status = "That link's fingerprint doesn't match the one pinned for " +
+                        "${resolved.host.name} — it's out of date, or it isn't that host."
+                    return@LaunchedEffect
+                }
+                if (resolved.host.fpHex.isEmpty()) {
+                    // Saved but never pinned (nothing writes such a record today, but the rule is
+                    // absolute): a link may not establish trust, so this is a confirmation.
+                    pendingTrust = PendingTrust(
+                        resolved.host.address, resolved.host.port, resolved.host.name,
+                        link.fp, PendingTrust.Kind.REQUEST_ACCESS, profileRef, link.launch,
+                    )
+                    return@LaunchedEffect
+                }
+                connect(
+                    resolved.host.address, resolved.host.port,
+                    oneOffProfile = profileRef, launch = link.launch,
+                )
+            }
+            // Unknown, or known only by address: the confirmation sheet, from which the normal
+            // pairing flow proceeds under the user's eyes. Never a silent trust.
+            is HostResolution.Unknown -> pendingTrust = PendingTrust(
+                resolved.address,
+                resolved.port,
+                link.name ?: resolved.address,
+                resolved.fp,
+                PendingTrust.Kind.REQUEST_ACCESS,
+                profileRef,
+                link.launch,
+            )
+            HostResolution.Ambiguous ->
+                status = "More than one saved host is called “${link.hostRef}” — " +
+                    "rename one, or use its address."
+            HostResolution.Unresolvable ->
+                status = "That link points at a host this device doesn't know."
+        }
+    }
+
     var showManualSheet by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
 
     if (gamepadUi) {
@@ -880,12 +998,12 @@ fun ConnectScreen(
             knownHostStore.trust(pt.host, pt.port, pt.name, fp, paired = true)
             savedHosts = knownHostStore.all()
             pendingTrust = null
-            doConnect(pt.host, pt.port, pt.name, fp, null)
+            doConnect(pt.host, pt.port, pt.name, fp, pt.profile, pt.launch)
         }
         when (pt.kind) {
             PendingTrust.Kind.TRUST_NEW ->
-                if (gamepadUi) GamepadTrustNewDialog(pt, { pendingTrust = null; doConnect(pt.host, pt.port, pt.name, null, null) }, onPair, { pendingTrust = null })
-                else TrustNewHostDialog(pt, { pendingTrust = null; doConnect(pt.host, pt.port, pt.name, null, null) }, onPair, { pendingTrust = null })
+                if (gamepadUi) GamepadTrustNewDialog(pt, { pendingTrust = null; doConnect(pt.host, pt.port, pt.name, null, pt.profile, pt.launch) }, onPair, { pendingTrust = null })
+                else TrustNewHostDialog(pt, { pendingTrust = null; doConnect(pt.host, pt.port, pt.name, null, pt.profile, pt.launch) }, onPair, { pendingTrust = null })
             PendingTrust.Kind.FP_CHANGED ->
                 if (gamepadUi) GamepadFingerprintChangedDialog(pt, onPair, { pendingTrust = null })
                 else FingerprintChangedDialog(pt, onPair, { pendingTrust = null })
diff --git a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/MainActivity.kt b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/MainActivity.kt
index b8867d26..dedf5857 100644
--- a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/MainActivity.kt
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
     var lastPadStyle by mutableStateOf(Gamepad.PadStyle.GENERIC)
         private set
 
+    /**
+     * A `punktfunk://` URL waiting to be routed — set from the VIEW intent that started (or
+     * re-entered) this activity, cleared by whoever handles it. Compose observes it.
+     *
+     * Read in BOTH [onCreate] and [onNewIntent] on purpose: `launchMode` is `standard`, so a second
+     * link usually arrives as a fresh activity instance (onCreate) and only sometimes as a new
+     * intent on this one (a caller that set `FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP`). A link arriving while an
+     * earlier one is still unhandled replaces it — the user's latest intent is the live one.
+     */
+    var pendingDeepLink by mutableStateOf<String?>(null)
+
     /** The panel's highest-refresh display mode (0 = unknown/unsupported), resolved once at startup. */
     private var highRefreshModeId = 0
 
@@ -125,6 +136,7 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+        pendingDeepLink = deepLinkFrom(intent)
         lastPadIsGamepad = !isTvDevice(this)
         lastPadStyle = Gamepad.styleFor(Gamepad.firstPad())
         resolveHighRefreshMode()
@@ -185,6 +197,20 @@ class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
         }
     }
 
+    override fun onNewIntent(intent: Intent) {
+        super.onNewIntent(intent)
+        // Keep `getIntent()` truthful for anything that reads it later (the gamepad-UI dev flag).
+        setIntent(intent)
+        deepLinkFrom(intent)?.let { pendingDeepLink = it }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The `punktfunk://` URL of a VIEW intent, or null. Only VIEW: the launcher's MAIN intent
+     * carries no data, and nothing else may inject a URL into the router.
+     */
+    private fun deepLinkFrom(intent: Intent?): String? =
+        intent?.takeIf { it.action == Intent.ACTION_VIEW }?.data?.toString()
+
     override fun onResume() {
         super.onResume()
         startSc2MenuNav()
diff --git a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/models/UiModels.kt b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/models/UiModels.kt
index da365398..b33f4ac2 100644
--- a/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/models/UiModels.kt
+++ b/clients/android/app/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/models/UiModels.kt
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ data class PendingTrust(
     val name: String,
     val advertisedFp: String?,
     val kind: Kind,
+    /**
+     * What the connect on the far side of this decision should carry — a `punktfunk://` link's
+     * one-off profile and library id. A link to an unknown host goes through the confirmation
+     * first, and the user's stated intent must survive that detour rather than being silently
+     * dropped on the way to a plain desktop session.
+     */
+    val profile: String? = null,
+    val launch: String? = null,
 ) {
     enum class Kind { TRUST_NEW, FP_CHANGED, PAIR, REQUEST_ACCESS }
 }
@@ -47,6 +55,12 @@ data class ActiveSession(
      * so "which profile am I on?" is answerable from inside the stream, as on the other clients.
      */
     val profileName: String? = null,
+    /**
+     * The stable id of the host being streamed, when it is a saved one — so a `punktfunk://` link
+     * that arrives mid-stream can tell "this same host" (a no-op; the intent already focused us)
+     * from "a different host" (a notice; a URL may never preempt a live session).
+     */
+    val hostId: String? = null,
 )
 
 /** Trust state of a host, shown as a colored pill on its card. */
diff --git a/clients/android/kit/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/link/DeepLink.kt b/clients/android/kit/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/link/DeepLink.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00b6dc2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/android/kit/src/main/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/link/DeepLink.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,451 @@
+package io.unom.punktfunk.kit.link
+
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.security.KnownHost
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer
+import java.nio.charset.CodingErrorAction
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
+
+/**
+ * The `punktfunk://` URL grammar (design/client-deep-links.md §2). A **port**, not a new design:
+ * the Rust `crates/pf-client-core/src/deeplink.rs` is the reference, Swift keeps a third copy, and
+ * all three are held together by `clients/shared/deeplink-vectors.json`, which each language's test
+ * suite runs verbatim — so the three parsers cannot drift into three different security postures.
+ *
+ * ```text
+ * punktfunk://connect/<host-ref>[?fp=<64-hex>][&host=<addr[:port]>][&launch=<id>]
+ *                               [&profile=<ref>][&name=<label>]
+ * ```
+ *
+ * The invariant the grammar exists to keep: **a URL may only ever do what a click on an existing
+ * card could do, minus trust decisions.** So it carries *references* to things that already exist
+ * on this device — a host record, a settings profile, a library id — and never values: no
+ * resolution, no bitrate, no codec. A web page must not be able to shape a session beyond picking
+ * among the user's own configurations. `pair` is deliberately not a route and never will be;
+ * pairing stays an interactive ceremony.
+ *
+ * `pf://` parses as an alias so a hand-typed or legacy link still works, but nothing ever *emits*
+ * or registers it.
+ */
+object DeepLinks {
+    /** Hostile-input caps. Generous for a real link, small enough that a pasted megabyte stops here. */
+    const val MAX_URL_LEN = 2048
+    const val MAX_HOST_REF_LEN = 128
+    const val MAX_LAUNCH_LEN = 128
+    const val MAX_PROFILE_LEN = 64
+    const val MAX_NAME_LEN = 64
+
+    /** The default native port, as everywhere else in the clients. */
+    const val DEFAULT_PORT = 9777
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a `punktfunk://` (or `pf://`) URL. Everything hostile is rejected here, once: over-long
+     * input, malformed escapes, control characters, out-of-charset launch ids and fingerprints that
+     * aren't fingerprints. What the caller still has to do is *resolve* — the references may name
+     * things that don't exist on this device (see [resolveHost]).
+     */
+    fun parse(url: String): DeepLinkResult {
+        if (url.length > MAX_URL_LEN) return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.TOO_LONG)
+        val sep = url.indexOf("://")
+        if (sep < 0) return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.NOT_OUR_SCHEME)
+        val scheme = url.substring(0, sep)
+        if (!scheme.equals("punktfunk", ignoreCase = true) && !scheme.equals("pf", ignoreCase = true)) {
+            return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.NOT_OUR_SCHEME)
+        }
+        // A fragment is never part of this grammar; drop it rather than folding it into the last
+        // parameter, where it would smuggle unvalidated text past the caps.
+        val rest = url.substring(sep + 3).substringBefore('#')
+        val path = rest.substringBefore('?').trimEnd('/')
+        val query = if (rest.contains('?')) rest.substringAfter('?') else ""
+
+        val slash = path.indexOf('/')
+        val routeWord: String
+        val hostRefRaw: String
+        when {
+            slash >= 0 -> {
+                routeWord = path.substring(0, slash)
+                hostRefRaw = path.substring(slash + 1)
+            }
+            // A single segment: Apple's shipped links are always `connect/<uuid>`, but a bare
+            // reference is unambiguous as long as it isn't one of the route words — those stay
+            // routes (with a missing reference), so `punktfunk://pair` refuses instead of hunting
+            // for a host called "pair".
+            isRouteWord(path) -> {
+                routeWord = path
+                hostRefRaw = ""
+            }
+            else -> {
+                routeWord = "connect"
+                hostRefRaw = path
+            }
+        }
+        val route = when (routeWord.lowercase()) {
+            "connect" -> LinkRoute.CONNECT
+            "wake" -> LinkRoute.WAKE
+            "browse" -> LinkRoute.BROWSE
+            "pair" -> return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.PAIR_REFUSED)
+            else -> return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.UNKNOWN_ROUTE, routeWord)
+        }
+
+        val hostRef = when (val d = decode(hostRefRaw)) {
+            is Decoded.Err -> return DeepLinkResult.Refused(d.error)
+            is Decoded.Ok -> d.text
+        }
+        if (hostRef.isEmpty()) return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.MISSING_HOST_REF)
+        if (scalarCount(hostRef) > MAX_HOST_REF_LEN) {
+            return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.PARAM_TOO_LONG, "host-ref")
+        }
+
+        var fp: String? = null
+        var host: Pair<String, Int>? = null
+        var launch: String? = null
+        var profile: String? = null
+        var name: String? = null
+        for (pair in query.split('&')) {
+            if (pair.isEmpty()) continue
+            val eq = pair.indexOf('=')
+            val rawKey = if (eq >= 0) pair.substring(0, eq) else pair
+            val rawValue = if (eq >= 0) pair.substring(eq + 1) else ""
+            val key = when (val d = decode(rawKey)) {
+                is Decoded.Err -> return DeepLinkResult.Refused(d.error)
+                is Decoded.Ok -> d.text.lowercase()
+            }
+            val value = when (val d = decode(rawValue)) {
+                is Decoded.Err -> return DeepLinkResult.Refused(d.error)
+                is Decoded.Ok -> d.text
+            }
+            // `?launch=` with nothing after it is "not given", not an error.
+            if (value.isEmpty()) continue
+            // First occurrence wins, and unknown keys are ignored: a newer emitter's parameter must
+            // not turn an otherwise valid link into a refusal, and appending a second `fp=` must
+            // not be able to override the first.
+            when {
+                key == "fp" && fp == null -> {
+                    val hex = value.lowercase()
+                    if (hex.length != 64 || !hex.all { it.isDigit() || it in 'a'..'f' }) {
+                        return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.BAD_FINGERPRINT)
+                    }
+                    fp = hex
+                }
+                key == "host" && host == null ->
+                    host = parseAddrPort(value) ?: return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.BAD_HOST_PARAM)
+                key == "launch" && launch == null -> {
+                    if (value.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).size > MAX_LAUNCH_LEN) {
+                        return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.PARAM_TOO_LONG, "launch")
+                    }
+                    if (!isSafeLaunchId(value)) return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.BAD_LAUNCH_ID)
+                    launch = value
+                }
+                key == "profile" && profile == null -> {
+                    if (scalarCount(value) > MAX_PROFILE_LEN) {
+                        return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.PARAM_TOO_LONG, "profile")
+                    }
+                    profile = value
+                }
+                key == "name" && name == null -> {
+                    if (scalarCount(value) > MAX_NAME_LEN) {
+                        return DeepLinkResult.Refused(LinkError.PARAM_TOO_LONG, "name")
+                    }
+                    name = value
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return DeepLinkResult.Parsed(DeepLink(route, hostRef, fp, host, launch, profile, name))
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Resolve a link's host reference against the local store, in the documented order: stable
+     * record id → unique case-insensitive name → `addr[:port]` literal. The `host=` parameter is
+     * the recovery path — a self-emitted shortcut that outlived the record it was written from
+     * still lands on the right box (degraded to the confirmation sheet).
+     */
+    fun resolveHost(link: DeepLink, hosts: List<KnownHost>): HostResolution {
+        hosts.firstOrNull { it.id == link.hostRef }?.let { return HostResolution.Known(it) }
+        val byName = hosts.filter { it.name.equals(link.hostRef, ignoreCase = true) }
+        when (byName.size) {
+            1 -> return HostResolution.Known(byName[0])
+            0 -> Unit
+            else -> return HostResolution.Ambiguous
+        }
+        // `addr[:port]` literal, then the `host=` recovery parameter — both matched the way every
+        // other per-host lookup matches. The literal is only considered when the reference COULD be
+        // an address: a stale record id must fall through to `host=` (or to a refusal), never be
+        // offered as a box to dial.
+        val literal = if (looksLikeAddress(link.hostRef)) parseAddrPort(link.hostRef) else null
+        for ((addr, port) in listOfNotNull(literal, link.host)) {
+            hosts.firstOrNull { it.address == addr && it.port == port }
+                ?.let { return HostResolution.Known(it) }
+        }
+        val fallback = literal ?: link.host ?: return HostResolution.Unresolvable
+        return HostResolution.Unknown(fallback.first, fallback.second, link.name, link.fp)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The self-emitted form for a saved host: id first (address-independent), with the address and
+     * pin alongside so the link degrades to a confirmation sheet instead of a dead click when the
+     * record is gone.
+     */
+    fun forHost(host: KnownHost, launch: String? = null, profile: String? = null) = DeepLink(
+        route = LinkRoute.CONNECT,
+        hostRef = host.id,
+        fp = host.fpHex.ifEmpty { null },
+        host = host.address to host.port,
+        launch = launch,
+        profile = profile,
+    )
+
+    /** The reserved first path segments — plus `pair`, reserved precisely so it can be refused. */
+    private fun isRouteWord(s: String) = s.lowercase() in setOf("connect", "wake", "browse", "pair")
+
+    /**
+     * Could this reference be a network address (an IP literal or a host name) rather than a record
+     * id or a display name? Only then may an unmatched reference become "an unknown host at this
+     * address". A stale record id is NOT an address: offering to dial a UUID as a hostname would
+     * turn a wiped store into a confusing dead end instead of the `host=`-driven recovery.
+     */
+    private fun looksLikeAddress(s: String): Boolean {
+        val uuidShaped = s.length == 36 && s.withIndex().all { (i, c) ->
+            if (i in setOf(8, 13, 18, 23)) c == '-' else isHex(c)
+        }
+        return !uuidShaped && s.isNotEmpty() &&
+            s.all { it.isLetterOrDigit() && it.code < 128 || it in ".-_:[]" }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * `addr`, `addr:port`, `[v6]`, `[v6]:port` — null when the port isn't a number. A bare IPv6
+     * literal (`::1`) keeps its colons and takes the default port; anything else splits at the last
+     * colon, like every other host-parsing site in the clients.
+     */
+    private fun parseAddrPort(s: String): Pair<String, Int>? {
+        if (s.isEmpty()) return null
+        if (s.startsWith("[")) {
+            val close = s.indexOf(']', 1)
+            if (close < 0) return null
+            val addr = s.substring(1, close)
+            if (addr.isEmpty()) return null
+            val tail = s.substring(close + 1)
+            if (tail.isEmpty()) return addr to DEFAULT_PORT
+            if (!tail.startsWith(":")) return null
+            return addr to (tail.substring(1).toIntOrNull()?.takeIf { it in 1..65535 } ?: return null)
+        }
+        val lastColon = s.lastIndexOf(':')
+        if (lastColon < 0) return s to DEFAULT_PORT
+        val head = s.substring(0, lastColon)
+        // `::1` and friends: the head still has a colon, so this isn't a port separator.
+        if (head.contains(':')) return s to DEFAULT_PORT
+        if (head.isEmpty()) return null
+        val port = s.substring(lastColon + 1).toIntOrNull()?.takeIf { it in 1..65535 } ?: return null
+        return head to port
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The launch-id charset the whole product already agrees on: printable, non-space ASCII with no
+     * shell metacharacters (Decky rides ids through Steam launch options as an env token, so a
+     * quote or a backtick genuinely breaks something downstream). Validation only — the id is
+     * opaque and the host matches it verbatim against its own library.
+     */
+    private fun isSafeLaunchId(id: String): Boolean =
+        id.isNotEmpty() && id.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+            .all { it in 0x21..0x7e && it.toInt().toChar() !in "\"'\\$`" }
+
+    /**
+     * Strict percent-decoding: `%` must be followed by exactly two hex digits, the result must be
+     * UTF-8, and no control character may survive. Lenient decoders are how `%00`, a stray newline
+     * or a half-escape end up inside a filename or a log line.
+     */
+    private fun decode(s: String): Decoded {
+        val bytes = s.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+        val out = java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream(bytes.size)
+        var i = 0
+        while (i < bytes.size) {
+            val b = bytes[i]
+            if (b == '%'.code.toByte()) {
+                if (i + 2 >= bytes.size) return Decoded.Err(LinkError.BAD_ESCAPE)
+                val hi = hexValue(bytes[i + 1].toInt().toChar())
+                val lo = hexValue(bytes[i + 2].toInt().toChar())
+                if (hi < 0 || lo < 0) return Decoded.Err(LinkError.BAD_ESCAPE)
+                out.write(hi * 16 + lo)
+                i += 3
+            } else {
+                out.write(b.toInt())
+                i += 1
+            }
+        }
+        // REPORT, not the default REPLACE: `%FF` must be a refusal, never a U+FFFD that survives.
+        val decoder = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.newDecoder()
+            .onMalformedInput(CodingErrorAction.REPORT)
+            .onUnmappableCharacter(CodingErrorAction.REPORT)
+        val text = runCatching { decoder.decode(ByteBuffer.wrap(out.toByteArray())).toString() }
+            .getOrNull() ?: return Decoded.Err(LinkError.BAD_ESCAPE)
+        // `Char.isISOControl` is exactly Unicode's Cc category (C0 + DEL + C1), which is what the
+        // Rust side rejects.
+        if (text.any { it.isISOControl() }) return Decoded.Err(LinkError.CONTROL_CHAR)
+        return Decoded.Ok(text)
+    }
+
+    /** [decode]'s outcome — the decoded text, or which refusal it is. */
+    private sealed interface Decoded {
+        data class Ok(val text: String) : Decoded
+        data class Err(val error: LinkError) : Decoded
+    }
+
+    private fun hexValue(c: Char): Int = when (c) {
+        in '0'..'9' -> c - '0'
+        in 'a'..'f' -> c - 'a' + 10
+        in 'A'..'F' -> c - 'A' + 10
+        else -> -1
+    }
+
+    private fun isHex(c: Char) = hexValue(c) >= 0
+
+    /** Unicode scalars, matching the Rust caps (which count `chars()`, not UTF-16 units). */
+    private fun scalarCount(s: String) = s.codePointCount(0, s.length)
+
+    /**
+     * Percent-encode for emission: unreserved characters plus `:` (legal in a query value and left
+     * alone by Apple's `URLComponents`, so the three emitters agree on `steam:570`).
+     */
+    internal fun encode(s: String): String {
+        val out = StringBuilder(s.length)
+        for (b in s.toByteArray(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+            val c = b.toInt().toChar()
+            if (c in 'A'..'Z' || c in 'a'..'z' || c in '0'..'9' || c in "-._~:") {
+                out.append(c)
+            } else {
+                out.append('%').append("%02X".format(b.toInt() and 0xFF))
+            }
+        }
+        return out.toString()
+    }
+}
+
+/** What the URL asks for. `WAKE`/`BROWSE` are reserved in the grammar and parse today. */
+enum class LinkRoute(val word: String) {
+    CONNECT("connect"),
+    WAKE("wake"),
+    BROWSE("browse"),
+}
+
+/**
+ * Why a URL was rejected. The [code] strings are the cross-language contract — the vector file names
+ * them, and Swift and Rust report the same code for the same input.
+ */
+enum class LinkError(val code: String) {
+    /** Not a `punktfunk://` (or `pf://`) URL at all — ignore it, don't warn. */
+    NOT_OUR_SCHEME("not-our-scheme"),
+    TOO_LONG("too-long"),
+    UNKNOWN_ROUTE("unknown-route"),
+
+    /** `punktfunk://pair/…` — pairing is an interactive ceremony, never a link. */
+    PAIR_REFUSED("pair-refused"),
+    MISSING_HOST_REF("missing-host-ref"),
+
+    /** A `%` escape that isn't two hex digits, or a decode that isn't UTF-8. */
+    BAD_ESCAPE("bad-escape"),
+
+    /** A control character survived decoding — no legitimate field contains one. */
+    CONTROL_CHAR("control-char"),
+    PARAM_TOO_LONG("param-too-long"),
+    BAD_FINGERPRINT("bad-fingerprint"),
+    BAD_HOST_PARAM("bad-host-param"),
+    BAD_LAUNCH_ID("bad-launch-id"),
+}
+
+/**
+ * A parsed, validated link. Every field is already length- and charset-checked, so a consumer never
+ * has to re-validate hostile input.
+ */
+data class DeepLink(
+    val route: LinkRoute = LinkRoute.CONNECT,
+    /** The host reference as written: a stable record id, a host name, or `addr[:port]`. */
+    val hostRef: String,
+    /** Expected host certificate fingerprint, lowercase hex (64 chars). */
+    val fp: String? = null,
+    /** Recovery address for a stable id that no longer resolves (store wiped, reinstall). */
+    val host: Pair<String, Int>? = null,
+    /** A store-qualified library id (`steam:570`) for the host to launch on arrival. */
+    val launch: String? = null,
+    /** A settings-profile reference (id, or a unique name) — one-off, never rebinding. */
+    val profile: String? = null,
+    /** Display label for the unknown-host confirmation sheet (external emitters). */
+    val name: String? = null,
+) {
+    /** The canonical URL for this link — always `punktfunk://`, never the `pf://` alias. */
+    fun toUrl(): String {
+        val sb = StringBuilder("punktfunk://${route.word}/${DeepLinks.encode(hostRef)}")
+        var sep = '?'
+        fun push(key: String, value: String) {
+            sb.append(sep).append(key).append('=').append(DeepLinks.encode(value))
+            sep = '&'
+        }
+        fp?.let { push("fp", it) }
+        host?.let { (addr, port) ->
+            push(
+                "host",
+                when {
+                    port == DeepLinks.DEFAULT_PORT -> addr
+                    addr.contains(':') -> "[$addr]:$port" // literal IPv6 needs its brackets back
+                    else -> "$addr:$port"
+                },
+            )
+        }
+        launch?.let { push("launch", it) }
+        profile?.let { push("profile", it) }
+        name?.let { push("name", it) }
+        return sb.toString()
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * True when this link's `fp` contradicts what we have pinned for that host — the link is stale
+     * or lying, and the only safe answer is a hard refusal.
+     */
+    fun pinConflict(host: KnownHost): Boolean =
+        fp != null && host.fpHex.isNotEmpty() && !fp.equals(host.fpHex, ignoreCase = true)
+}
+
+/** A parse outcome: a link, or a refusal carrying the shared code. */
+sealed interface DeepLinkResult {
+    data class Parsed(val link: DeepLink) : DeepLinkResult
+
+    data class Refused(val error: LinkError, val detail: String? = null) : DeepLinkResult {
+        /**
+         * A sentence for the notice a refusing front-end shows. Deliberately names what failed: a
+         * shortcut that can't honour its reference says so instead of streaming with the wrong one.
+         */
+        fun message(): String = when (error) {
+            LinkError.NOT_OUR_SCHEME -> "That isn't a Punktfunk link."
+            LinkError.TOO_LONG -> "That link is too long to be genuine."
+            LinkError.UNKNOWN_ROUTE -> "Punktfunk links can't do “$detail”."
+            LinkError.PAIR_REFUSED ->
+                "Pairing can't be done from a link — pair the host in Punktfunk first."
+            LinkError.MISSING_HOST_REF -> "That link doesn't say which host to use."
+            LinkError.BAD_ESCAPE, LinkError.CONTROL_CHAR -> "That link is malformed and was ignored."
+            LinkError.PARAM_TOO_LONG -> "That link's “$detail” value is too long."
+            LinkError.BAD_FINGERPRINT -> "That link's host fingerprint isn't a valid one."
+            LinkError.BAD_HOST_PARAM -> "That link's host address isn't valid."
+            LinkError.BAD_LAUNCH_ID -> "That link's game id isn't a valid one."
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/** What the local host store made of a link's references. */
+sealed interface HostResolution {
+    /** A record we already trust (subject to [DeepLink.pinConflict]). */
+    data class Known(val host: KnownHost) : HostResolution
+
+    /**
+     * No record, but the link says where to dial: the confirmation sheet's input, from which the
+     * normal pairing/TOFU flow proceeds under the user's eyes. Never an auto-connect.
+     */
+    data class Unknown(
+        val address: String,
+        val port: Int,
+        val name: String?,
+        val fp: String?,
+    ) : HostResolution
+
+    /** The name matched more than one saved host — refuse with a notice, never guess. */
+    data object Ambiguous : HostResolution
+
+    /** A reference that resolves to nothing and carries no address to fall back on. */
+    data object Unresolvable : HostResolution
+}
diff --git a/clients/android/kit/src/test/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/link/DeepLinkTest.kt b/clients/android/kit/src/test/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/link/DeepLinkTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5c097ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/android/kit/src/test/kotlin/io/unom/punktfunk/kit/link/DeepLinkTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+package io.unom.punktfunk.kit.link
+
+import io.unom.punktfunk.kit.security.KnownHost
+import java.io.File
+import org.json.JSONObject
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
+import org.junit.Assert.assertNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Test
+
+/**
+ * **The cross-language contract.** `clients/shared/deeplink-vectors.json` is consumed verbatim by
+ * the Rust, Swift and Kotlin suites, so the three parsers cannot drift into three different
+ * security postures — a URL that Rust refuses as a control-character smuggle must not quietly
+ * parse here. Any new case belongs in that file, not in this one.
+ */
+class DeepLinkVectorTest {
+    private val vectors: JSONObject by lazy {
+        // Gradle runs a unit test with the module directory as its working directory, so the shared
+        // file is two levels up (clients/android/kit → clients/shared). Resolved rather than
+        // copied: a copy would be a fourth contract, free to go stale.
+        val file = File("../../shared/deeplink-vectors.json")
+        assertTrue(
+            "the shared vector file must be reachable at ${file.absolutePath}",
+            file.isFile,
+        )
+        JSONObject(file.readText())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun everySharedVectorAgrees() {
+        val cases = vectors.getJSONArray("cases")
+        assertTrue("the vector file is the contract; keep it rich", cases.length() > 20)
+        for (i in 0 until cases.length()) {
+            val case = cases.getJSONObject(i)
+            val name = case.getString("name")
+            val result = DeepLinks.parse(case.getString("url"))
+            if (case.has("error")) {
+                val refusal = result as? DeepLinkResult.Refused
+                    ?: throw AssertionError("$name: expected ${case.getString("error")}, parsed ok")
+                assertEquals(name, case.getString("error"), refusal.error.code)
+                assertTrue("$name: a refusal must be explainable", refusal.message().isNotEmpty())
+                continue
+            }
+            val link = (result as? DeepLinkResult.Parsed)?.link
+                ?: throw AssertionError("$name: refused, expected a parse — $result")
+            val want = case.getJSONObject("expect")
+            assertEquals(name, want.getString("route"), link.route.word)
+            assertEquals(name, want.getString("host_ref"), link.hostRef)
+            assertEquals("$name fp", want.optStringOrNull("fp"), link.fp)
+            assertEquals("$name launch", want.optStringOrNull("launch"), link.launch)
+            assertEquals("$name profile", want.optStringOrNull("profile"), link.profile)
+            assertEquals("$name name", want.optStringOrNull("name"), link.name)
+            assertEquals("$name host_addr", want.optStringOrNull("host_addr"), link.host?.first)
+            assertEquals(
+                "$name host_port",
+                if (want.has("host_port")) want.getInt("host_port") else null,
+                link.host?.second,
+            )
+            if (case.has("emit")) assertEquals("$name emit", case.getString("emit"), link.toUrl())
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun JSONObject.optStringOrNull(key: String): String? =
+        if (has(key)) getString(key) else null
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolution and emission — the half the vector file can't cover, because it depends on what is in
+ * THIS device's host store. The rules are the one-click contract in resolution form: an id beats a
+ * name beats an address, an ambiguous name refuses rather than guesses, and a link whose record is
+ * gone still lands on the confirmation sheet via `host=`+`fp=` instead of dying.
+ */
+class DeepLinkResolutionTest {
+    private val fp = "a".repeat(64)
+    private val desk = host("Desk", "192.168.1.50", "11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555555", fp)
+    private val hosts = listOf(
+        desk,
+        host("Couch", "192.168.1.60", "66666666-7777-4888-8999-aaaaaaaaaaaa", ""),
+        host("Couch", "192.168.1.61", "bbbbbbbb-cccc-4ddd-8eee-ffffffffffff", ""),
+    )
+
+    private fun resolve(url: String) =
+        DeepLinks.resolveHost((DeepLinks.parse(url) as DeepLinkResult.Parsed).link, hosts)
+
+    @Test
+    fun idBeatsNameBeatsAddress() {
+        assertEquals(desk, (resolve("punktfunk://connect/${desk.id}") as HostResolution.Known).host)
+        assertEquals(desk, (resolve("punktfunk://connect/desk") as HostResolution.Known).host)
+        assertEquals(desk, (resolve("punktfunk://connect/192.168.1.50") as HostResolution.Known).host)
+        assertEquals(desk, (resolve("punktfunk://connect/192.168.1.50:9777") as HostResolution.Known).host)
+        // Two hosts answer to "Couch" — refuse with a notice, never pick one.
+        assertEquals(HostResolution.Ambiguous, resolve("punktfunk://connect/couch"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun aStaleIdRecoversThroughTheHostParameter() {
+        val stale = "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
+        assertEquals(
+            desk,
+            (resolve("punktfunk://connect/$stale?host=192.168.1.50") as HostResolution.Known).host,
+        )
+        // …but a stale id is NOT a hostname: dialing "00000000-…" would be a confusing dead end
+        // rather than the recovery the grammar specifies.
+        assertEquals(HostResolution.Unresolvable, resolve("punktfunk://connect/$stale"))
+        // Neither is a display name that can't be an address.
+        assertEquals(HostResolution.Unresolvable, resolve("punktfunk://connect/Basement%20PC"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun anUnknownHostBecomesTheConfirmationSheetsInput() {
+        val r = resolve("punktfunk://connect/10.0.0.9:7000?name=Studio&fp=$fp")
+        assertEquals(HostResolution.Unknown("10.0.0.9", 7000, "Studio", fp), r)
+        // An mDNS/DNS name we've never saved is offered the same way — the sheet, never a connect.
+        assertEquals(
+            HostResolution.Unknown("nas.local", DeepLinks.DEFAULT_PORT, null, null),
+            resolve("punktfunk://connect/nas.local"),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun aPinThatContradictsTheStoredOneIsTheLinkLying() {
+        fun link(url: String) = (DeepLinks.parse(url) as DeepLinkResult.Parsed).link
+        assertTrue(link("punktfunk://connect/desk?fp=${"b".repeat(64)}").pinConflict(desk))
+        assertFalse(link("punktfunk://connect/desk?fp=$fp").pinConflict(desk))
+        // No pin stored (an address-only record) → nothing to contradict; the trust flow runs.
+        assertFalse(link("punktfunk://connect/desk?fp=${"b".repeat(64)}").pinConflict(hosts[1]))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun selfEmittedLinksRoundTripAndSurviveAWipedStore() {
+        val h = desk.copy(port = 7777)
+        val link = DeepLinks.forHost(h, launch = "steam:570", profile = "aaaaaaaaaaaa")
+        val url = link.toUrl()
+        assertEquals(
+            "punktfunk://connect/${h.id}?fp=$fp&host=192.168.1.50:7777" +
+                "&launch=steam:570&profile=aaaaaaaaaaaa",
+            url,
+        )
+        assertEquals(link, (DeepLinks.parse(url) as DeepLinkResult.Parsed).link)
+
+        // Names with spaces and non-ASCII survive the round trip.
+        val labelled = DeepLink(hostRef = "Wohnzimmer PC", name = "Büro · Mac")
+        assertTrue(labelled.toUrl().startsWith("punktfunk://connect/Wohnzimmer%20PC?"))
+        assertEquals(labelled, (DeepLinks.parse(labelled.toUrl()) as DeepLinkResult.Parsed).link)
+
+        // An emitted IPv6 host parameter comes back bracketed, so it parses again.
+        val v6 = DeepLink(hostRef = "x", host = "::1" to 1234)
+        assertEquals(v6.host, (DeepLinks.parse(v6.toUrl()) as DeepLinkResult.Parsed).link.host)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun aHostWithNoPinEmitsNoFingerprint() {
+        assertNull(DeepLinks.forHost(hosts[1]).fp)
+    }
+
+    private fun host(name: String, addr: String, id: String, fp: String) =
+        KnownHost(addr, DeepLinks.DEFAULT_PORT, name, fp, paired = true, id = id)
+}